Johnny...
The first thing I would do is to check the size of the actual .sxw
file. If the size is 0kb you are out of luck. If not, your work is
probably still in there, somewhere!
If the size looks appropriate, you might try to "Repair" the OOo
installation on your computer. Go to "Add/Remove Programs" in Control
Panel, highlight OOo and click Uninstall. You should get a dialog box
asking whether you want to Remove, Repair -or- Modify the program.
Choose Repair. Be aware though, it is possible that you may lose any
customizations you may have made to the interface. Possibly(probably?)
not, but if you do, don't be surprised. Those are minor, your work is
what is important.
If that doesn't work, try Russell Butler's suggestion. But make an EXTRA
Copy of the File BEFORE you try fixing it, just in case.
A suggestion:
When *YOU* save your work(NOT the automatic saves), save it often.
Save in multiple formats AND/OR save separate copies of important
documents when working with OOo, especially OOo but really you should do
it with ANY Word Processing program for that matter. DO NOT TRUST THE
AUTOMATIC SAVE FEATURE (of any program) TO BAIL YOU OUT. Usually they
will, but you should not trust them to do so.
Save your work normally, then use "Save As.." Use sequential
numbering or letters to rename the file, so you'll know which is the
latest version. The next time you save, repeat the procedure. You'll end
up with a lot of extra files, but you can delete the ones you don't need
later and you just might save yourself the hassle of doing *everything*
over again.
Good Luck
TessTah
Johnny Andersson wrote:
Hi...
I was working on a sxw document, about 30 pages. It contained a lot of
text, some images, asome pieces of some spreadsheets (copied from Calc,
pasted into Writer) and some more stuff.
First I had a very strange situation. After page 26, I pasted a range
of cells from a spreadsheet (xls format, since it was created by
someone else using Excel). Before I did that I "created" the page by
inserting a page break, selecting a page style with the landscape
format. This became page 27. Then I did the same thing again for
another range of cells of that Excel file. I was then very surpriced to
see that the new page (also landscape) showed page number 29, not 28. I
tried it several times, after saving the document, but it was the same
thing every time. Since I made some meaningless changes since last time
I saved, I chosed to reload the last saved version. Then I got the
famous Windows 98 blue screen and I restarted my PC.
Now I can't open my document at all! Everytime the same thing happens:
Open Office caused an error (or something like that) and then the
dialog for filling in what happened.
I worked with this document for at least 5 hours, maybe 10 and I have
some kind of deadline. Is there anything I (or someone else) can do to
recover my lost document?
All kinds of help are appreciated.
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